Animal trap



W. DEWEYl ANIMAL TRAP.

HLED JUNE 21,192;

Feb, 13, 1923.

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WILLIAM DEWEY, or BIncHwoonfWIsCoNsrii.,111

ANIMAL TRAP.

Application med Julie 21, 1922. Serial No. 570,060.

To all whom 'it may Gomera:

Be it known that I, lWILLIAM DEWEY,

` a Citizen of the United States, residing at and one that is stiff and strong, is calculated.

to afi'ord increased room under the pan to allow the foot oflan anmal to extend to a point 1within the iaws, and is possessed of the capacity to straighten When the animal pulls on the jaws andin that Way bring about tighteningof. the jaws and therehy assure a tight grip on the caught animal,

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure l is a plan view of my novel trap as it appears When set.

Fignre 2 is a similar view of the sprunlg; trap.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the sprang trap.

Figure l is av transverse section taken in the plane indicated by the line 4i-t of Fig'- ure 2.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail view of the inner portion of the upper arm of the jaW spring showingthe advantageous oval opening in said, arm near the free end thereof.

'Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

One of the Chief features of my novel trap resides in the open base l having a bottom portion 2 and an upstanding marginal flangje The said fianged base is manifestly stitf and strong When made of sheet metal, and it is also advantag'eous because it affords considerable room under the pan l and hence allows the foot of an animal to reach deep into the trap. The bro-ad bottom 2 also lessens the liability of the base sinking into the ground Which Would be obj ectionable because it would interfere with the Operation of the pan. On the flange 3 at opposite points are apertured logs 5, and also on the said flaange 3 and arranged midway between and at right angles to the lugsf is alpair of standards 6, the lugs and standards being integral With the fiaiige Pivoted between the standard 6 is a vertically clisposed arm, T of the pan, the said arm 7 having at its outer end and remote from the pivota keeperl projection 8. On its inner edge the said arm '7 provided With a projection designed to hear against a spring strip 10, connected at ll'by a rivet o r other means to the bottom EZ of the base l.

The said spring; strip 10 is adaptedl to he engaged by' the'deijiending projection 9 on the pan arm '7. Bearin;I in thehottom 2 se and against the underside of an of the be inteii'mediste portion of the spring strip 10 is a szri-ew 12. an important feature of my invention ina-smuch as it is adapted to be adjusted so as to prevent small animals such as rabbits 'and birds from springing the trap When the trap' is for large enii'nals.` lThe jaws 13 of the trap terminate in trunnions 14 Which set at right anfljles to 'the l engfth of the jawsf it is adapted to spring; upwardly to a. high point on the jaws Where the shoulders 15 are located so that When the animal pulls vand. the jaw spring' straightens out or moves to a position in alinement or substantial alinement with the jaws, the comparatively narrow portion of the oval Opening` 17 Will. he in gje/ment 'With the upright portions of the jaws so that the jaws Will tightly grip und securely hold the leg of the animal., and the harder the animal polls the tighter the gii'ip Will be.

lt Will also be manifest from the foregoing that the trap is yery easy and convenient, it being simply necessary to press the upper arm of the jaW spring and the jaw downwardly until one of the jaws is caught below the keeper projection 8 of the pan arm.` i

ln addition to the practical advantages rllhe said Screw 12 constitutes i of my novel trap set' for-th in the foregoing, it will be noted that the trap may be made light in weight and yet very strong, and that it is simple in Construction and isv free ot' delieate parts such as are likely to get out ot' order after a short period of use.

I have entered into a detailed description ot the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and pret'erred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a` full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. l

do not desire, however, to be understood as eom'ining myselil to the said specific eonstruction and relative.arrangement of parts inasmuch as in the fntnre practice ot' the invention various changes and modiieations may be made such as tall within the scope of my invention as defined in my appended claims.

Hai/ing described invention, What I elaim and desire to secnre by Letter Patent, is

l.. In an animal trap, the combination of a base, aws pivotally connected to the base, a jaw spring7 a pan having an arm pivotally connected to the base and a projection en said enn to engage and detachably hold one jaiv, a spring` strip carried by the base and arranged to exert upward pressure against the pan arm, and a regnlating Screw befaring in the base and against'v the underside of said spring;` 'strip at an lntermediate vpoint in the length of the latter.

Q. 7In an* animal tr'ap, the combination of a base, jaws pivotally connected to the base, a jaw spring, a pan having an arm pivotally connected to the base and a projection on said arm to eng-age and detachably hold one jaw, a spring` strip carried by the base and arranged to exert upward pressure against the pan arm, and a regulating Screw bearinp,- in the base and against the under-' ot the iaws and relat-ively arranged when the loop spring' ls'mov'ed `from a'position at right ang'les to the length of thejaivsto a position in substantial alin ementi'with the jaws to bind and hold the yjaws' together.v

In testimony'whereof I aihX my signature.

Wi'LIjntM DEWEY. 

